Collection Time Period

Record Description

The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.

Record Content

The key genealogical facts found in birth or christening index entries may include:

Name of the child

Gender

Names of the parents

Birth date

Birthplace

Christening date (if the source is a church record)

Family History Library Microfilm and item numbers for the source materials

The key genealogical facts found in marriage index entries may include:

Name of bride and groom

Names of the parents

Marriage date

Marriage place

Family History Library Microfilm and item numbers for the source materials

The key genealogical facts found in death or burial index entries may include:

Name of the deceased

Gender

Names of the parents

Name of the spouse (if married)

Death or burial date

Death or burial place

Family History Library Microfilm and item numbers for the source materials

Coverage Table

This collection is a partial index of records for the localities listed below as of April 2010. The table below shows the number of records by locality. Localities not listed may not have any records in this collection.

Most of these records date from the time period indicated in the columns below; however, there may be records before and after these dates. Record counts where the locality information was incomplete are included below under the country name. Because of this, you may wish to search only by country.

As this is an index of records compiled from various sources, it is strongly recommended that you verify the information in original records. Due to privacy laws not all records may be displayed.

Locality

Births and Baptisms, 1651-1940

Marriages, 1722-1898

Burials, 1768-1918

Austria

6,015

3,930

12,293

Banat

1,131

0

0

Bosnien-Herzegovina

0

114

0

Bukowina

230

1,463

0

Dalmatien

206

0

0

Küstenland

131

0

0

Lombardie

105

0

1,050

Niederösterreich

64,170

17,359

7,905

Oberösterreich

16,509

2,517

10,508

Wien

388

0

0

Totals

88,885

25,383

31,756

How to Use the Record

Use this index to help you learn more about your ancestors. The information could help you identify family relationships and lineages as well as direct you to original records of your ancestors, which may contain additional information.

In birth or christening records, if a surname is not listed for the child, the indexer often assigns the father’s surname to the child. This surname may not be correct. So if you are looking for a birth or christening, search by the given name of the child, adding parents' names and as much locality information as is permitted.

Record History

For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. In 2000, some of the entries were published on 2 CDs by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the "Western Europe Vital Records Index: Alpine Region." This index is an index of the births or christenings; marriages; and deaths or burials throughout Austria. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

Why This Record Was Created

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsored the indexing to accomplish its program of identifying the ancestry of mankind.

Record Reliability

Church records and civil registration were official records and are some of the most reliable sources of information available for those who were born, married, or died in Austria.

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